The town holds a Te Deum mass to celebrate the Captain-General's visit. Ibarra attends the mass, where he is confronted by Padre Damaso and his cohorts.

Ibarra attends a gathering of Filipino intellectuals (ilustrados) in Binondo, where they discuss the problems of their country.

Nalaman ni Maria Clara na si Ibarra ay walang kasalanan. Pumunta siya sa kumbento upang isumpa si Padre Salvi.

She passed the exam the next day—not because she memorized a buod, but because she finally understood why Elias had to die in the river, why Maria Clara chose the convent, and why Rizal wrote it all for her generation.